Random Jabber Jibber thread

sunni

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And starting tonight at midnight the bus drivers are going on strike at my kids school district. Good for them, they deserve more money and better benefits. But what a logistics nightmare to solve for me now.
we have only 4 buses for the entire district here, drop off line is my bane , it takes up so much of my day
I live in walking distance too and you cant walk them in either
 

neosapien

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we have only 4 buses for the entire district here, drop off line is my bane , it takes up so much of my day
I live in walking distance too and you cant walk them in either
Yeah, there's 620 students at her school and 4600 in the district. The whole area is going to be a nightmare. Apparently the holdup is the drivers want a 3% raise and to keep their attendance and good driving bonuses separate as they are. And the company wants to combine the bonuses and offer a 2% raise. I'd strike too but fuck.
 

BarnBuster

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When I was still working, I was always amazed at the twenty somethings that had no clue as to personal finance or literacy. Glad to see some states are at least requiring some minimum of education on it.

 

Three Berries

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It was a cold, wintry November morning when a customer pulled into the service drive, exited his Chevy Astro van, entered the warm service department reception area and excitedly told the service manager that we had screwed up his service the previous day.

Our service manager, Ed, said “Let’s go take a listen to your van,” and both he and the customer went out into the cold. The van started right up and sounded okay, but when it was driven forward or in reverse, there were some funny noises underneath the Astro van. Ed got out, kneeled down to look under the van and started chuckling louder and louder after he saw what was causing the noise. He asked the irate customer to kneel down so he could point out the problem. There were a dozen or more duck decoys strung together, much worse for the wear, caught on the van's undercarriage. Some were even dragging behind the van with their lead weights causing them to bounce with some authority.

The customer could not believe that he had drug his own decoys out of his parking garage, down the main avenue of town and then jumped on poor Ed for something that he had caused. It was a scenario that we have enjoyed sharing for years and well into the future.

Tom in Idaho



 

neosapien

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When I was still working, I was always amazed at the twenty somethings that had no clue as to personal finance or literacy. Glad to see some states are at least requiring some minimum of education on it.

In high school, for my Senior year, I had work release. We had A days and B days. I got out at 10 or 10:46 respectively to obviously go to work. The 10:46 release was because I had to take a class directly before called "My Personal Success". It was the only actual class worth a damn.
 

Three Berries

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In high school, for my Senior year, I had work release. We had A days and B days. I got out at 10 or 10:46 respectively to obviously go to work. The 10:46 release was because I had to take a class directly before called "My Personal Success". It was the only actual class worth a damn.
I took two summer Jr College classes as credit fillers. One was Poetry and the other was Art. Wasn't worth a shit with either but I was the only guy in the class.....
 
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